London, England seems to be tempted to transgenic plant products or Genetically Modified Organism (GMO), whereas earlier in the European countries had opposed the results of engineering products mostly from Americans.
As reported by AFP on Tuesday (7/28/2009), who planted GM product for the first time in the UK is the potato. Takes about 12 months to cultivate, having previously caused public controversy there.
Planting of transgenic potatoes had to be done because there are a lot of farmland under attack worm. This is enough to make British farmers lost millions of pounds each year because of the loss and damage crops.
But the cultivation of potatoes that designed it resistant to pests previously received protests from green groups are worried that farmers would be bad effects on the environment.
Even one group trying to make issues about project undertaken sloping near Tadcaster, in the southern region of England.
Officials from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural England said that the potato planting project is safe and will not cause contamination of bad for the environment.
Projects undertaken by Leeds University is actually just wanted to help farmers who often experience a loss and losses due to harvest the worms gnawed.
In America, the transgenic plants had been much cultivated, mainly Southeast and South American regions, even today, China began to produce it.
But in Europe, producing transgenic plants is considered as a heinous act and is not responsible for and believed to cause cross-pollination of wild plants grow.
One of the countries in Europe are very much against these transgenic products is French. They even rejected the claim the European Union's food safety watchdog which says that the controversy over genetically modified strains that are not true and were deemed to be within safe limits.
Transgenic plants are usually modified or inserted specific genes with the aim to improve desired properties such as increased resistance to the pesticide, pests, drought. Crops produced through genetic engineering techniques can also be produced in a short time, so that productivity is better.
As reported by AFP on Tuesday (7/28/2009), who planted GM product for the first time in the UK is the potato. Takes about 12 months to cultivate, having previously caused public controversy there.
Planting of transgenic potatoes had to be done because there are a lot of farmland under attack worm. This is enough to make British farmers lost millions of pounds each year because of the loss and damage crops.
But the cultivation of potatoes that designed it resistant to pests previously received protests from green groups are worried that farmers would be bad effects on the environment.
Even one group trying to make issues about project undertaken sloping near Tadcaster, in the southern region of England.
Officials from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural England said that the potato planting project is safe and will not cause contamination of bad for the environment.
Projects undertaken by Leeds University is actually just wanted to help farmers who often experience a loss and losses due to harvest the worms gnawed.
In America, the transgenic plants had been much cultivated, mainly Southeast and South American regions, even today, China began to produce it.
But in Europe, producing transgenic plants is considered as a heinous act and is not responsible for and believed to cause cross-pollination of wild plants grow.
One of the countries in Europe are very much against these transgenic products is French. They even rejected the claim the European Union's food safety watchdog which says that the controversy over genetically modified strains that are not true and were deemed to be within safe limits.
Transgenic plants are usually modified or inserted specific genes with the aim to improve desired properties such as increased resistance to the pesticide, pests, drought. Crops produced through genetic engineering techniques can also be produced in a short time, so that productivity is better.
